The evidence continues to collect against the Florida Gators’ comeback win against Arkansas this past weekend. While it takes a delusionally paranoid partisan to think that referees this incompetent could actually swing a game in one team’s favor and get away with it, Arkansas certainly received no favors.
(This was a crucial personal foul call. On the guy on the left, of course; it’s not like the Florida player was trying to hit him or anything.)
But as referee calls seem to skew evermore toward the power programs of the SEC, casual fans can’t help but question exactly where the SEC’s priorities lie. Video evidence? Oh, there’s plenty of it.
(Doing the SEC no favors: the fact that Arkansas was flagged for doing something the SEC’s own refs pulled earlier. Incongruous details? No, we won’t have them! Conspiracy confirmed! Harrumph harrumph harrumph!)
The SEC provides the most egregious example of misbehavior, but it’s hardly an isolated incident. Look at this call from Arkansas-Florida:
(Obvious no-call, of course.)
And then this ridiculous first-down call:
(No, really, Tebow had to get to the right side of the line for a first down. Your right.)
Embarrassing? Yes. Okay, we ddon’t actually have an allegory for the endgame of singing this deal. Just imagine us as little yippie barking dogs, unaccustomed to the world and practically begging for trouble. Let’s not indulge fools from here on out.
11:30 am on October 20th, 2009
Look, I’m a Gator fan but I’ll admit the SEC badly wants a BAMA/FLA SEC championship and will do anything to get it. It’s just too big a game to squander away on the solid efforts of other teams. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!
12:17 pm on October 20th, 2009
Totally right about the blown personal foul call. The PI call was harder in real time speed. Even Danielson only said it was not PI because it was uncatchable, which I believe, is not your argument. Finally, the last still could be completely misleading. I don’t remember the play, so I can’t comment, but what if forward progress was well in advance of the marker and he got pushed back? Not saying that happened, but the photo above does not account for it. A video or multiple photos would be better proof.
12:35 pm on October 20th, 2009
Finally someone speaks up about this game and what a blatant robbery it was! I am in no way a fan of Arkansas but they were plain and simply hosed. I’d LOVE to hear what the SEC officialdom’s explanation for these “calls” were….
Yeah, I guess Fla is going to two-peat if they’re just handed games. What a disgrace!…
12:54 pm on October 20th, 2009
It’s you’re you moron.
1:37 pm on October 21st, 2009
For all of you jacka**es who say the NBA is rigged, I believe that to be nonsense. Furthermore, college football is the only thing I KNOW is fixed, from the arbitrary way the “national championship” is determined to watching this game. Even Gary Danielson, Tim Tebow’s bosom buddy, disagreed with some of those calls against Arkansas. No, college football is not a real sport, not until a playoff exists at the Division I-A level. Of course, college football at the Division I-AA, Division II and Division III levels are all legitimate.